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Rules and Regulations 



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HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 




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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
HOUSTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL BOARD. 



Houston Heights, Texas, August 1, 1907. 

To the Members of the School Board : 

In compliance with the rules and regulations governing 
this board, which require the president to make an annual 
report to the board showing the progress and general con- 
dition of the schools, together with such recommendations 
as he may deem appropriate, I submit the following : 

GENERAL CONDITIONS. 

The general conditions of the schools at the close of the 
last term, considering the difficulties encountered during the 
term, were reasonably satisfactory. The delay in finishing 
the addition to the Cooley School and the new building for 
the Harvard Street School, and the consequent crowded con- 
dition of these rooms, interfered greatly with the efficiency 
of the work in the grammar school and the lower grades. 
There was present during the last term a lack of organiza- 
tion and harmony upon the part of the teachers and superin- 
tendent which also interfered, to some extent at least, with 
the success of the work. However, the work during the lat- 
ter part of the term was very much improved and the gen- 
eral results were reasonably satisfactory, considered in con- 
nection with the difficulties encountered. The work in the 
primary department was, in my opinion, up to the standard 
of previous years. The only thing which interfered with 
the success of the work in that department was the large 
number of absences and tardiness, which will be herein- 
after referred to. The work in the grammar school depart- 
ment was only fair, and was not, in my judgment, up to the 
standard of what it ought to be. The reading and spelling 
in this department is especially weak and ought by all means 
to be strengthened. Of course, much of the trouble in this 
department resulted from the crowded condition of the 
rooms during the first half of the school term. The work in 
the high school was, in my opinion, up to the standard, and 
is to be commended. 



II. 



ADDITIONAL FACILITIES NEEDED. 

As stated before, the lack of sufficient school room to ac- 
commodate the pupils interfered seriously with the work of 
the last term. To provide sufficient school facilities to meet 
the demands of our rapidly growing scholastic population 
has always been, as you know, an ever recurring problem in 
the management of our schools. It is only by the exercise 
of the highest degree of foresight that this difficulty can be 
anticipated and provided against. Last year the scholastic 
census showed a total scholastic population of 866, while the 
report of the superintendent for that year shows a total en- 
rollment of over 900. The scholastic census for the present 
year shows 1069, and if the increase in the number enrolled 
in the schools exceeds the number shown by the census this 
year, in the same proportion as last year, we will have ap- 
proximately 1200 children enrolled during the coming term, 
and at the same rate of increase there will be approximately 
1500 children to provide for by the opening of the school 
term in the fall of next year. These figures show an immedi- 
ate and imperative necessity for providing additional school 
room before the beginning of the session of 1908-9. The de- 
lay in getting the buildings completed last year would sug- 
gest that this work be started at the earliest possible mo- 
ment in order to have additional school rooms finished and 
available by the beginning of the term next year. Both the 
Cooley and the Harvard Street brick buildings have been 
planned to provide for additions to be made to each of the 
buildings, and I suggest that the necessary steps be taken at 
once to provide for funds necessary to make additions to 
these buildings sufficient to provide school room to meet the 
requirements of the city for the next three or four years. 
Of course the board cannot provide these buildings unless 
the city council shall order an election for the issuance of 
bonds to pay for them and the people vote for the issuance 
of such bonds. But I am satisfied the people of Houston 
Heights appreciate the necessity of providing these school 
facilities and will no doubt vote for the issuance of the nec- 
essary bonds. I recommend that the matter be submitted 
to the city council and that it be requested to order the elec- 
tion and take the necessary steps in the premises. 

ABSENCE AND TARDINESS. 

The reports from the grades below the high school for 



III. 



the last term show a larger number of absences and tardi- 
ness upon the part of pupils enrolled in schools than is con- 
sistent with proper management or efficient school work. 
Pupils who are absent from school or who are late in arriv- 
ing at school not only fall behind in their work and lose the 
benefits thereof, but such absence and tardiness tends to in- 
terfere with and retard the progress of those pupils who 
have attended with promptness and regularity. There is 
too much disposition upon the part of parents to consider 
that the matter of keeping their children out of school, or 
sending them to school late, is a matter which affects their 
children alone, and for that reason they are disposed to re- 
sent any effort upon the part of the school authorities to 
prevent it. They fail to appreciate the fact that the schools 
must be conducted in accordance with such regulations as 
experience has shown to be necessary to obtain the best re- 
sults, and that in order for them to be so conducted every 
pupil and parent must conform to such general regulations 
as are necessary to promote the general success of the 
work. When a child is absent from school he loses the ben- 
efit of the work which has been gone over by his classes 
during his absence, and thus falls behind, while the class 
must either be held back to wait for him to make up for 
such lost time or he must be demoted to the next lower 
grade, which will tend to disarrange the work in that 
grade. This condition is unjust both to the delinquent pu- 
pil and the great majority who do attend school regularly. 
The same thing is true with regard to those who come to 
school after the daily work has begun and is partly com- 
pleted. The board has made regulations upon this point 
which are in line with the regulations in the best schools of 
the country, and are designed to correct this evil and re- 
duce the number of absences and tardiness to a minimum. 
During the last term I do not think the teachers and super- 
intendent enforced these regulations with that strictness 
Vv^hich is necessary to render them effective. In many cases 
children were kept from school upon first one pretext and 
then another — to run errands, go to town, etc. — and such 
excuses were accepted. This lack of enforcement of the 
regulations resulted, as it always will, in an aggravation of 
the evil which the regulations referred to were designed to 
prevent. I recommend that the regulations prescribed by 
the board with reference to this matter be strictly and ef- 
fectively enforced. 



IV. 



ORGANIZATION. 

One of the necessary conditions to success in the manage- 
ment of a school system in which a large number of teach- 
ers are employed is thorough and effective organization 
upon the part of the corps of teachers, and the recognition 
of the authority of the superintendent and the school board. 
It is necessary that the work in every grade and depart- 
ment of the schools shall be harmonious and conform to a 
general plan. In order for this to be so, it is necessary that 
the superintendent shall have the general management and 
direction of the work in each grade and department, and it 
is also necessary that his authority to so direct the work 
should be recognized and respected by every teacher em- 
ployed in the schools. This duty of supervision and direc- 
tion should be exercised by the superintendent in a courte- 
ous and intelligent manner. These results can only be ac- 
complished by each person engaged in school work recog- 
nizing the rights and authority vested in others, and by an 
intelligent knowledge of his or her own work, and a proper 
consideration of its effects upon the work and labor of oth- 
ers. This necessarily calls for an intelligent, systematic 
and effective organization upon the part of those engaged 
in the work. Our schools have been somewhat deficient in 
this matter of organization and systematic co-operation 
upon the part of the teachers and the superintendent, and I 
recommend that the attention of the board be given to this 
matter in order that the organization of the force engaged 
in this work may become more perfect. 

THOROUGHNESS. 

In my judgment, the principal defect of the public school 
system is lack of thoroughness. I believe too much ground 
is attempted to be covered, and too many advanced studies 
are taken up before the pupils have become thorough in the 
elementary branches of knowledge. In my judgment it is 
better to teach a few things thoroughly, so that the child will 
be a complete master of them, than to teach many studies 
imperfectly, with the result that the child does not under- 
stand any of them with sufficient thoroughness to be able to 
make practical use of them. Under the present system chil- 
dren are required to take up other and more advanced work 
before they have sufficiently mastered the elementary work 
of reading, spelling, writing and elementary mathematics. 



V. 



It is frequently the case that children who have gone 
through some of the best public schools of the country, are 
unable to either read, write or spell correctly, and their 
knowledge of mathematics is so theoretical and confused as 
to be of but little use in the practical affairs of life. This, 
in my judgment, is largely if not altogether the fault of the 
system under which children are required to take up ad- 
vanced studies before they have acquired a sufficient knowl- 
edge of the elementary branches. While I would not recom- 
mend any radical departure in our schools from the estab- 
lished system as adopted by the best public schools of the 
country, I do recommend that the evils which result from 
the system be obviated as far as possible, and I think they 
can be obviated to some extent by requiring a high degree of 
thoroughness in instruction. Teachers should be required 
to see that children are thorough in their studies before be- 
ing permitted to advance to other and higher studies. In 
line with this suggestion, I recommend that every effort be 
made to strengthen the reading and spelling in the grammar 
school department. If this work in that department is not 
thorough, as it should be, it will militate against the prog- 
ress of the pupils in the high school when they come to take 
up the higher branches of language, mathematics and his- 
tory. 

VISITING THE SCHOOLS. 

I think the practice of the members of the School Board 
visiting the schools and keeping in touch with the work, has 
had a very beneficial effect upon the schools and I recom- 
mend that the practice be continued, and if possible, made 
more frequent. 

FREE LECTURE COURSE, 

In order to stimulate an interest upon the part of the 
people of the community in the cause of education gener- 
ally, and in the work of our schools especially, and for the 
purpose of stimulating an interest upon the part of the pu- 
pils in their school work, the board has. instituted a free 
lecture course upon educational subjects, by means of which 
it is expected that we will be able to have public lectures 
upon educational, historical and literary topics, which will 
be profitable to the pupils of the schools and interesting and 
entertaining for the parents. This matter is in charge of a 
committee consisting of Judge T. M. Kennerly and Mr, Wm. 



VI. 



A. Wilson of the school board, Mr. A. H. Russell, the super- 
intendent, and Mrs. George W. Hawkins and Mrs. J. M. Lim- 
bocker. This committee will endeavor to arrange to have a 
course of lectures at intervals during the school term, deliv- 
ered by prominent educators and scholars, and it is my 
judgment that much good will result from this work, both to. 
the schools and to the community at large. I recommend that 
this lecture course be continued and that the best efforts of 
the board be put forth to make it successful. 

Respectfully submitted, 

W. G. Love, 

President Houston Heights School Board. 



Rules and Regulations 



OF THE 



PUBLIC SCHOOLS 



OF 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS MUNICIPALITY 
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 



1907-8 



Monthly Calendar of School Meetings 



The School Board meets regularly on the first Thursday 
in each month. 



General Teachers' Meetings 

Institute— The first Saturday in each school month at 
10:00 A. M., in Assembly Hall, High School. 



Grade Meetings 

Cooley School— Third Wednesday in each school month 
at 3:00 P. M., in the building. 

Harvard Street School— Third Thursday in each school 
month at 3:00 P. M., in the building. 

Grammar School Department— Fourth Wednesday in 
each school month at 3:00 P. M., High School. 

Colored Teachers— Fourth Friday in each school month 
at 3:30 P. M., in High School. 



BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES 



W. G. IvOVE), President 
WM. A. WII^SON, Secretary 
C. A. McKINNEY, Treasurer 

T. M. KENNKRIvY 

H. N. JONES 

W. T. PANKEY 

W. V. COX 



STANDING COMMITTEES 



Finance, Claims and Accounts 

T. M. KENNERIvY, Chairman 
WM. A. WILSON 
W. T. PANKEY 

Teachers, Course of Study and Text Books 

WM. A. WITvSON, Chairman 
C. A. MCKINNEY 
W. V. COX 

School Property 

C. A. McKINNEY, Chairman 
W. T. PANKEY 
H. N. JONES 

Rules, Grievances and Complaints 

H. N. JONES, Chairman 
T. M. KENNERI<Y 
W. V. COX 

The President of the Board is ex-Officio a Member 
of all Standing Committees 

A. H. RUSSElvL, Superintendent 
Office: High School Building 



Hours: On School Days j |: Jq to 3-45 



8:15 to 8:50 A. M. 

p. M. 



PANKEY-HARTl EY CO., PRINTERS 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 



By-Laws of the Board of Trustees 

OFFICERS. 

1. The regular officers of the School Board shall be a 
President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, 
who shall be elected by the Board at its first regular meet- 
ing after the first Saturday in May of each year, or as soon 
thereafter as practicable. They shall assume their respec- 
tive offices immediately after the election, and remain in 
office until the first regular meeting of the next school year, 
or until their successors are elected and qualified. 

MEETINGS. 

2. The regular meetings of the Board shall be held on 
the first Thursday in each month. Special meetings may be 
called by the President, or by any three members of the 
Board, at any time. 

DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT. 

3. It shall be the duty of the President to preside over all 
meetings of the Board, preserve order and see that parlia- 
mentary rules are observed. He shall appoint all standing 
committees, as soon after organization as practicable, and 
shall do and perform all duties usually devolving on the pre- 
siding officer of a deliberative body. The President shall 
shall be ex-officio a member of all standing committees. At 
the expiration of his term of office he shall make the Board 
of Trustees a report of the condition and progress of the 
schools, and make such recommendations to that body as 
he may deem advisable for the future needs of the Board. 

THE VICE-PRESIDENT. 

The Vice-President shall, in the absence or disability of 
the President, act in his place in all things. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 



THE SECRETARY. 



4. The Secretary shall keep a record of all the proceed- 
ings of the Board of Trustees in a book kept for that pur- 
pose ; he shall serve notices on members, preserve all books, 
papers, records and contracts, belonging to the Board or un- 
der its control, and shall prepare and sign all warrants 
drawn upon the Treasurer, and keep'a record of all warrants 
drawn by him. 

THE TREASURER. 

5. The Treasurer shall be the custodian of the school 
fund; he shall execute such bond as may be required, and 
shall receipt for all funds delivered to him. He shall pay 
out the funds only on warrants ordered by the Board, signed 
by the Secretary, and countersigned by the President. He 
shall furnish the President with such information concern- 
ing the condition of the funds as may be required at any 
time, and shall make such reports to the Board as may be 
required of him by motion or resolution of the Board. 

STANDING COMMITTEES. 

6. The President shall appoint at the first meeting after 
the adoption of these By-Laws, the following standing com- 
mittees, each of which shall be composed of three members : 

1. A Committee on Finance, Claims and Accounts. 

2. A Committee on Teachers, Course of Study, and 

Textbooks. 

3. A Committee on School Property, Repairs, Supplies 

and Insurance. 

4. A Committee on Rules, Grievances and Complaints. 
Standing committees shall serve one year, and shall report 

promptly upon all matters referred to them. 

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. 

7. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Finance, 
Claims and Accounts to recommend to the Board such meas- 
ures of finance as shall seem to them expedient. They, with 
the President, shall make the estimates of expenditures, ana 
of the amount necessary to be raised for annual expenses, 
and in general shall consider and report upon all financial 
matters referred to them. They shall examine all bills or 
claims referred to them by the Board, and report thereon 
as soon as practicable. It shall be necessary to refer the 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 7 

pay roll of the teachers and janitors to the Finance Com- 
mittee, but the President shall draw his warrant in favor 
of the teachers and janitors monthly on the certification of 
the Superintendent. They shall annually, or oftener, if 
directed by the Board, audit the Treasurer's account. 

COMMITTEE ON TEACHERS, ETC. 

8. The Committee on Teachers, Course of Study and 
Textbooks shall, in connection with the Superintendent, ex- 
amine into the qualifications of all applicants for places 
as teachers in the public schools, and they shall recommend 
to the Board for election such as they deem competent and 
desirable. They shall recommend the salaries of the teach- 
ers and Superintendent. They shall have power to make 
temporary appointments to fill vacancies, but such appoint- 
ments shall be referred to the Board at- its next meeting 
for approval. They shall also, in connection with the Super- 
intendent, recommend, from time to time, such improve- 
ments in the course of study and such changes in the text- 
books used in the schools as may be deemed expedient; but 
no change shall be made except at a regular meeting of 
the Board, and upon a vote of the majority of the whole 
Board in favor thereof. 

COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL HOUSES, ETC. 

9. The Committee on School Houses, Repairs, Supplies 
and Insurance shall have supervision of school sites and 
buildings; recommend appropriate sites for school houses; 
prepare and submit to the Board plans and specifications 
for the erection of such houses as shall be ordered by the 
Board, and cause all contracts for the performance of the 
work to be duly executed. They shall have charge of all 
repairs and alterations, and the purchasing of supplies, 
and shall proceed to make the same upon their own motion 
when necessity requires such action. 

COMMITTEE ON RULES, GRIEVANCES AND COMPLAINTS. 

10. The Committee on Rules, Grievances and Complaints 
shall recommend to the Board such amendments to exist- 
ing rules, or such new rules as may be deemed wise and 
judicious for the better government of the Board or the 
public schools. They shall also investigate and decide upon 
all complaints and appeals and report to the Board their 
decision for the approval of the Board. But all com- 
plaints shall first be made to the Superintendent, and shall 
be in writing. They shall also report to the Board for 



8 RULES AND REGULATIONS 

the expulsion of any pupil who may deserve such expulsion ; 
and all expulsions of pupils and dismissal of teachers shall 
be by vote of the Board. 

QUORUM. 

11. Four members shall constitute a quorum to transact 
business, and the President shall be entitled to a vote on all 
questions. 

REMOVALS. 

12. All persons appointed or elected by the Board to any 
position may be removed by a majority vote of all its mem- 
bers. The officers of the Board, however, can be removed 
from their respective offices only by a two-thirds vote of 
all the members of the Board. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

13. The order of business for meetings of the Board 
shall be as follows: 

1. Roll call. 

2. Reading of the minutes. 

3. Report and suggestions of the Superintendent. 

4. Report of standing committees. 
6. Report of special committees. 

6. Communications and bills. 

7. Unfinished business. 

8. New business. 

9. Miscellaneous. 
10. Adjournment. 

AMENDMENTS. 

14. Any motion to amend these by-laws shall be re- 
ferred to the Committee on Rules and Grievances, and shall 
lie over for one month after having been reported by said 
committee before action is taken thereon, unless by a unani- 
mous vote of the Board ; and whenever any rule is amended 
the rule as amended shall take the place of the old rule, 
and the old rule shall be thereby repealed. 

GENERAL RULES. 

15. The Board in all matters not otherwise specified 
shall be subject to the general rules of parliamentary law. 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 9 

RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING SCHOOLS. 



GENERAL RULES. 

1. The Public Free Schools of the City of Houston 
Heights shall be a system of graded schools, comprising a 
High School, Grammar schools, and Primary schools. 

2. The High School curriculum shall comprise a course 
in mathematics, science, English, history, and such courses 
in ancient and modern languages as may be deemed ex- 
pedient by the Board, provided the course of study shall 
meet the necessary requirements to retain affiliation with 
the State University and shall occupy a term of four years. 

3. The Grammar schools shall be divided into three 
grades, known as the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth, and each 
shall occupy one school year. 

4. The Primary schools shall consist of three grades, 
known as the First, Second and Third Grades, and each 
shall occupy one school year. 

5. The school term shall consist of nine scholastic 
months, unless otherwise determined by the Board, and 
annual session shall begin at such time as may be deemed 
expedient by the Board, and not to open later than the first 
Monday in October of each year. 

6. Schools shall open daily, except Saturdays and Sun- 
days, and shall be held from 9 o'clock a. m. to 3 o'clock p. 
m., except the First and Second Grades, which shall close 
at 2 :30 o'clock p. m. 

7. The following days shall be observed by the schools 
as holidays : Thanksgiving Day, Christmas holidays, Wash- 
ington's Birthday, San Jacinto Day, and such other days as 
the Board may direct. 

8. The Board shall have the right to suspend the public 
schools of the city for such length of time as may be deemed 
expedient in case of any contagious or infectious disease. 

SUPERINTENDENT. 

1. The Superintendent shall have general supervision of 
all the schools, and act as Principal of the High School. 

2. He shall be the executive officer of the Board, and 
shall act under its advice and direction. 

3. Immediately after the election of any teacher it shall 
be the duty of the Superintendent to notify such teacher, 



10 RULES AND REGULATIONS 

by written or printed notice, of his or her election, and re- 
questing that the Board be informed of his or her accept- 
ance, within ten days thereafter, and such acceptance shall 
be binding upon the teacher. 

4. He shall arrange and supervise all the details for the 
management of the public schools of the city, and, with 
the Committee on Teachers, shall, locate the teachers, both 
as to work and rooms, and shall attend to the instruction 
and drill of all teachers of the same, and shall arrange 
for the regular examination of pupils. 

5. He shall carefully observe the teaching, discipline 
and general bearing of the teachers employed in the city 
public schools, and shall report to the Board whenever he 
shall find any teacher deficient or incompetent in the dis- 
charge of his or her duties. 

6. He shall have the power to suspend pupils for neglect 
of duty or violation of prescribed rules. In each instance 
of the exercise of such discipline, he shall immediately 
make a written report of the same, with full particulars, 
to the Board, for final decision. 

7. He shall recommend to the Board, from time to time, 
such rules and regulations for the government, discipline 
and management of the public schools as he may deem ex- 
pedient. 

8. He shall monthly, or oftener if necessary for the in- 
terest of the schools, hold meetings of the teachers, whose 
duty it shall be to attend. 

9. He shall keep himself informed of the progress of 
instruction and discipline, and of the organization and man- 
agement of schools in other places, in order that he may 
be able to suggest appropriate measures for the advance- 
ment of the public schools of this city. He shall direct the 
attention of the teachers to the best methods of instruc- 
tion and school government, giving special attention to 
those having little experience in the profession of teaching. 
He shall, m every practicable way, aid, advise and en- 
courage teachers in the performance of their duties. 

10. He shall keep a register of all the pupils in the sev- 
eral schools, contaming an accurate record of the name 
and age of each pupil, the parents' or guardian's name and 
residence, date of admission and the class of each pupil. 

11. He shall devote as much time as possible to super- 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ii 

vision, and he is specially charged with the rigid enforce- 
ment of the rules governing the schools, a copy of which 
shall be delivered to each teacher for her guidance. 

12. He shall keep a record of all his proceedings at all 
times open to the Board, and at the close of each year he 
shall make out a general report of the condition of the 
public schools. 

13. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of pub- 
lic schools to present to the Board at the first regular meet- 
ing in each month a statement of the amount of tuition for 
the preceding month, showing from whom the amounts 
were collected, from what date to what date, and certify and 
sign the same. 

14. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of public 
schools to present to the President of the Board, at the end 
of each scholastic month, a report showing the number 
of teachers and janitors employed, the name and grade, 
from what date to what date, and the amount due the re- 
spective teachers and janitors, which statement must be 
certified to as being correct, and signed by him. 

15. After the election of the Superintendent, and before 
the election of the teachers, he shall present to the Com- 
mittee on Teachers, Textbooks and Course of Study, a writ- 
ten report on the qualifications and work of each teacher 
in the r\ty schools, which report shall be by the committee 
transmitted to the Board of Trustees before the election of 
teachers. And it shall be the duty of the committee, before 
the election of teachers, to examine into any complaint 
that may be made in such report of the Superintendent. 

BOARD OF EXAMINERS. 

The Board of Examiners shall consist of the Superintend- 
ent and two teachers appointed by the Board. 

TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. 

Hereafter no person under 18 years of age shall be em- 
ployed in the Houston Heights Public Schools. 

In the Houston Heights Public Schools there shall be four 
classes of teachers' certificates, viz. : Supernumerary teach- 
ers' certificates, primary teachers' certificates, intermediate 
teachers' certificates, and High School teachers' certificates. 
^ 1. Each applicant for a supernumerary teachers' cer- 
tificate shall be examined in the subjects of reading, spell- 



12 RULES AND REGULATIONS 

ing, penmanship, arithmetic, English grammar and com- 
position, geography, Texas history. United States history, 
civics, elementary physiology and hygiene, physical geogra- 
phy and school management and methods. 

2. Primary teachers' certificates shall be of two kinds — 
temporary and permanent. Each applicant for a primary 
teachers' temporary certificate shall be examined in all sub- 
jects prescribed for a supernumerary teachers' certificate, 
but the examination in school management and methods 
shall have special reference to primary methods. 

3. Intermediate teachers' certificates shall be of two 
kinds — temporary and permanent. Each applicant for an 
intermediate teacher's temporary certificate shall be ex- 
amined in all subjects prescribed for a primary teachers' 
temporary certificate, and also in English and American 
literature, general history, elementary algebra, and plain 
geometry, with stress laid upon the subjects she purposes 
teaching. 

4. High School teachers' certificates shall be of two 
kinds — temporary and permanent. Each applicant for a 
High School teachers' temporary certificate shall be exam- 
ined in all subjects prescribed for an intermediate teachers' 
temporary certificate, with special stress laid upon manage- 
ment and methods, as applied to High School pupils, and 
also in the subjects she purposes teaching in the High 
School. 

5. Each applicant for a permanent certificate of any 
class shall be examined in the subjects prescribed for a 
temporary certificate of the same class, and in the follow- 
ing additional subjects: 

(a) For permanent primary or intermediate certificate, 
in the additional subjects of history of education, elemen- 
tary psychology, and English and American literature. 

(b) For permanent High School certificate, in the ad- 
ditional subjects of history of education, psychology, Eng- 
lish and American literature, with special stress laid upon 
the subjects she purposes teaching in the High School. 

Note. — Examinations for permanent certificates shall be 
more comprehensive in every way than for temporary cer- 
tificates. 

6. Each applicant shall be examined, not only upon tne 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 13 

subject matter, but also upon the methods of teaching the 
subject. 

7. Each applicant for examination shall pay a fee of 
$2.00, which shall go to defray the expenses of conducting 
the examination. 

8. (a) A supernumerary teachers' certificate shall be 
valid for one year only, and may be issued on an average 
grade of not less than 75 per cent, with not less than 50 per 
cent on any one subject. 

(b) No temporary certificate shall be valid for more 
than two years, and may be issued on a general average of 
80 per cent, with not less than 50 per cent on any one sub- 
ject. 

(c) Permanent certificates of any kind shall not be is- 
sued upon an average of less than 85 per cent, with not less 
than 60 per cent on any one subject. 

Note. — No teacher shall be eligible to take the examina- 
tion for a permanent certificate of any kind until she has 
taught two years in the Houston Heights schools. 

9. The Board may hold two regular examinations each 
year — one shortly after the close of school and one shortly 
before the opening of school. A special examination may be 
given at any time the Board deems expedient. 

10. Examinations on all subjects shall be so conducted as 
to carry out the requirements of the State law that city 
certificates shall be in no wise inferior to corresponding 
grades of State certificates. 

11. Any of the above certificates may authorize the em- 
ployment of the holder as a teacher in the corresponding 
department of the Houston Heights Public Schools. 

12. First grade or permanent State certificates may be 
accepted as valid in the Houston Heights schools, unless 
the Board, for special reason, deems it necessary to require 
that the applicant be examined by the local Board. 

PRINCIPALS. 

1. The Principals shall have general supervision of their 
respective school buildings, and report to the Superintend- 
ent any injury done either to the buildings, grounds or fur- 
niture, by any person, and the name or names of the per- 
sons committing such injury. 

2. They shall have charge of all the pupils of their 
school buildings on the school ground, before the opening 



14 RULES AND REGULATIONS 

of the school in the morning, during intermissions through 
the day and afternoon, and shall have the power to punish 
any pupil for violation of rules during these periods. They 
shall have power to call upon the teachers for assistance, 
and to direct the details of the work of the teachers during 
these periods. 

3. They shall, in case of immediate necessity, and at the 
request of a teacher, render such assistance as may be 
necessary to enable the teacher to enforce proper discipline. 

4. Each of the Principals of the several schools of Hous- 
ton Heights Municipality shall report to the Superintendent 
any neglect of the janitors and scavenger in the proper 
keeping of the buildings or grounds attached to their re- 
spective school buildings. 

TEACHERS. 

1. Teachers desiring re-election to positions in the public 
schools of the city shall present their applications in writ- 
ing to the Board. Each application shall be accompanied 
by a written statement that, if elected, the position will 
be accepted, and that no application will be made to another 
school for a position during the session for which such ap- 
plication is made. 

2. The Board shall, on the last Monday in April, or as 
soon thereafter as is practicable, of each year, elect teach- 
ers for the ensuing scholastic year beginning in the fall; 
and at any time prior to the opening of the school for the 
ensuing scholastic year may proceed to elect teachers to fill 
any vacancy that may occur. 

3. After having been notified by the Superintendent of 
election to a position in the public schools of this citv, should 
any teacher fail for ten days thereafter to inform the Board 
of his or her acceptance, the position to which such teacher 
was elected shall be considered and declared vacant. 

4. They shall hold the position to which they have been 
elected at the pleasure of the Board, not to exceed one year 
without re-election, as herein provided, and shall receive 
such salaries as may be prescribed by the Board. 

5. They shall not be at liberty to resign without giving 
the Superintendent one month's notice of such intention. 

6. There may be elected annually a supernumerary 
tcacner. 

7. In case of absence, from sickness or any other cause, 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 15 

teachers shall send written notice thereof to the Superin- 
tendent at least twelve hours before the opening of the 
schools, and he shall notify the supernumerary, who shall 
fill the place. 

8. Teachers absent, from sickness or any other cause, 
shall forfeit their salaries for time lost. 

9. Should more than one teacher be absent on the same 
day, the Superintendent shall secure the necessary substi- 
tutes, each of whom shall receive two dollars per day for 
such services. 

10. Teachers shall obey the instructions of the Super- 
intendent, and devote their time during school hours ex- 
clusively to their respective schools. The duties of the 
teachers during intermission shall be prescribed by the 
Superintendent. 

11. All teachers shall be at their schools at least thirty 
minutes before 9; shall have the pupils at their seats 
promptly at 9 o'clock to answer roll call. 

12. Teachers shall not, while connected with the public 
schools, engage in other business, but they shall be required 
to devote their whole time and attention to the interests of 
the schools. 

13. No teacher shall permit or introduce into the schools 
sectarian views in religion, or partisan or sectional views 
in politics, under penalty of removal. 

14. Each teacher shall notify the Superintendent of 
every pupil in his or her grade not entitled to free tuition, 
and shall issue to such pupil a card, notifying him or her 
of the amount of the tuition, and when and where to be 
paid, within five days after such pupil enters the grade, and 
such tuition must be paid within five days after notice, and 
the teacher and Superintendent will be held to strict account 
in this regard. 

15. Any teacher knowingly permitting any pupil who is 
not entitled to the benefits of the public school to remain in 
his or her room for ten days shall be held responsible for 
the amount of the tuition v/hich may accrue therefor. 

16. Teachers shall also take care of the rooms, furniture 
and school fixtures and apparatus under their charge, and 
see that the same are not cut, defaced or injured m any 
manner; and they shall give prompt notice to the Superin- 
tendent of any injury to school property under their charge. 



i6 RULES AND REGULATIONS 

17. As pure air and a proper temperature are indispens- 
able to health, and comfort, teachers cannot be too careful in 
giving attention to these things. Doors and windows should 
be opened before and after school to permit free and health- 
ful circulation of air. 

18. Teachers shall occasionally read to their school so 
much of the regulations as will give the pupil a correct un- 
derstanding of the rules by which they are to be governed. 

19. Teachers shall be gentle and sympathizing and cour- 
teous to their pupils, at the same time requiring of them 
prompt obedience, courtesy and politeness. All teachers 
shall aim at such discipline in their schools as would be 
exercised by a kind and judicious parent in his family, 
avoiding corporal punishment in all cases where milder 
means can be successfully employed, and never engaging 
in violent controversy or discipline in the presence of the 
school. It is strictly enjoined upon all teachers to avoid 
all appearance of indiscreet haste in the discipline of their 
pupils, and in the more difficult cases that may occur they 
shall apply to the Superintendent for advice and direction. 

20. Each teacher shall be required to maintain prope?- 
order and discipline in his or her room, and a strict com- 
pliance with this rule is demanded. Inasmuch as the main- 
tenance of proper order and discipline in the school room 
can best be accomplished by securing the interest in and at- 
tention to their studies upon the part of the pupils, teachers 
are required to use their best judgment, tact and resource- 
fulness to secure such interest and attention to duty upon 
the part of pupils in their charge, without the necessity of 
resorting to punishment to secure the same. 

21. Teachers may when necessary (1) reprove; (2) 
task; (3) detain after school hours; (4) send to the Super- 
mtencient for punishment; (5) or they may punish pupils 
corporally m flagrant cases of violation of the rules and 
regulations; but shall in no case strike pupils on the head 
or chest, or place them in constrained or mortifying posi- 
tions. ^ & Jr- 

• ^P^^:~2T^? ^^^' confides to teachers a discretionary power 
in the mfliction of punishment of their pupils, and will not 
hold tiiem responsible unless the punishment inflicted is 
excessive or be inflicted to gratify evil passions. (Penal 
Code Art. 490; Bolding vs. State, 23 Court of App. Rep., 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 17 

22. No teacher shall inflict corporal punishment in the 
presence of the school, but whenever such punishment is 
necessary shall inflict the same in a private manner. 

23. It shall be the duty of each teacher to record reg- 
ularly every instance of the infliction of corporal punish- 
ment, with the cause and time thereof, the name of the of- 
fender, how punished, and the degree of severity, and re- 
port the same monthly to the Superintendent. 

24. Each teacher shall keep a complete registration of 
the work of each pupil in his or her room, or such record as 
the Superintendent may direct. 

25. Teachers shall prepare with neatness and accu- 
racy their reports and deliver them to the Superintendent 
at the end of each month. The records and reports shall at 
all times be subject to the inspection of the Board. 

26. A Teachers' Institute shall be held once a month, or 
oftener if desired, by the Superintendent, and it is required 
that all teachers shall attend these Institutes promptly and 
regularly. 

27. Every teacher shall perform any institute work as- 
signed him or her, provided one week's notice is given. Any 
failure to do so, as well as all absences or tardiness, shall 
be reported to the Board by the Superintendent. 

28. The Superintendent and teachers employed in the 
public schools of the City of Houston Heights shall agree 
and bind themselves to abide by the foregoing rules and 
regulations, laid down for the governing of the public 
schools of the city, and these rules and regulations shall con- 
stitute a part of their contract of employment by the city 
of Houston Heights. 

29. Teachers are required to be on the ground with the 
pupils during the intermissions. 

PUPILS. 

1. All children not under seven nor over seventeen years 
of age, on the first day of September of any school year, 
who are bona fide residents within the corporate limits of 
the City of Houston Heights, shall be entitled to admission 
into the public free schools of said city, free of tuition. 

2. Pupils transferred into the city shall, upon the trans- 
fer of their apportionment of State and County school fund 
to the Treasurer, be entitled to a credit on their respective 



i8 RULES AND REGULATIONS 

tuition to the amount transferred, and shall pay tuition at 
the regular rates from their entrance into the city schools. 

3. No pupil under seven years of age shall be admitted 
into the public schools of the City of Houston Heights; 
pupils over seventeen may be admitted upon the pajonent of 
such tuition as may be prescribed by the Board, such tuition 
to be paid monthly, in advance, to the Treasurer or Superin- 
tendent, who shall give his receipt therefor, and credit the 
same to the school fund. 

4. Non-resident pupils may be admitted to any depart- 
ment for which they are qualified, and in which there are 
vacant seats not needed by resident pupils of scholastic 
age, by paying the following fees for tuition, to. be collected 
by the Superintendent, to-wit : 

In Primary Grades, per month $1.50 

In Intermediate Grades, per month 2.50 

In High School, per month 4.00 

5. All pupils upon their admission to the public schools 
shall be properly registered, and attend the school to which 
they shall be assigned by the Superintendent. 

6. No pupil shall be received into the Primary grade 
after Monday of the fourth week of the scholastic year, un- 
less by previous instruction they are prepared to enter the 
classes already organized. 

7. Pupils in all grades below the High School may be 
promoted semi-annually. 

8. No pupil shall be received or continued in the public 
schools known to be infected with a contagious or infectious 
Gisease, or coming from a family where any such disease 
prevails, provided that pupils who have had whoopm^r- 
cough, mumps or measles shall not be excluded on account 
ot the prevalence of these diseases in the family; and the 
board may require satisfactory evidence of their having 

. been vaccmated. 

9. For absence to the amount of three days in four 
consecutive weeks, unless such absences are caused by sick- 
ness, a pupil shall be suspended from school. In the aDnli- 
cation of this rule, two tardinesses shall be equivalent to 
one absence. A leave of absence not to exceed thre- davs 
may be granted by the Superintendent at the request of 
the parent or guardian of the pupil for whom lelve of ab- 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 19 

sence is desired; provided, the application is approved by 
the teacher of said pupil. 

10. A pupil suspended under the above article may be 
re-instated by the Superintendent, but no pupil shall be re- 
instated more than once during the school year, except by 
personal application to the Board in open session at a regu- 
lar meeting. 

11. No mere statement that the parent kept the pupil 
at home shall be accepted by the teacher as an excuse for 
tardiness or absence; but the excuse must state that the 
pupil has been detained by sickness or other cause impera- 
tively requiring such absence. 

12. No pupil shall be permitted to leave the school for 
any purpose before the end of the daily session without 
the permission of the teacher. 

13. For the purpose of enforcing proper discipline, and 
maintaining good order among the pupils attending the pub- 
lic schools of the city, the school authorities and teachers 
shall be deemed to have jurisdiction over them from the 
hour they leave the custody of their parents and guardians 
until their return to their several homes in the afternoon; 
and it is particularly enjoined upon parents and guardians 
that they require their children to report to them immedi- 
ately after the close of the school each day. 

14. Papils are not to be excused from school or allowed 
to go on errands except by written request of the parent or 
guardian. 

Note. — Teachers have the right to prescribe reasonable 
rules for the government of the children under their charge, 
and to enforce obedience to same. The authority to pre- 
scribe and enforce reasonable rules and requirements ex- 
tends even while the pupils are at home. (Bolding vs. The 
State, 23 C. A., 175.) 

15. Pupils are expected and required at all times to be 
respectful to their teachers, punctual in attendance, correct 
in deportment, cleanly in person and dress, polite in con- 
duct, truthful and chaste in language, studious during school 
hours, and obedient to the rules governing the schools. 

16. Cleanliness of person and of clothing will be re- 
quired of every pupil. Pupils shall be polite and respectful 
in their deportment, and no pupil of either sex shall enter 
any part of the yard appropriated to the other without first 



20 RULES AND REGULATIONS 

obtaining the permission of the teacher or the Superintend- 
ent. 

17. Profane and indecent language and the use of to- 
bacco are positively prohibited. 

18. Quarreling, fighting, loud or profane talking, and 
rude and discourteous conduct of every description, upon 
the public streets, or in the vicinity of the school buildings, 
as well as upon the premises among pupils during school 
hours, or on their way to or return from school, will be 
deemed sufficient cause for severe discipline, and if per- 
sisted in will authorize expulsion. 

19. Habitual bad conduct upon the part of larger over 
smaller boys, imposing upon them, or rude treatment of the 
girls, and rough or boistrous conduct of every description, 
if persisted in after due notice and reproof, may debar the 
offending pupil from further attendance at the school. 

20. In case any pupil shall become vicious and habitu- 
ally regardless of regulations, or persistently neglectful or 
inattentive to his or her studies, or shall be guilty of any 
offense which, in the judgment of the teacher, requires sus- 
pension or expulsion, such teacher shall at once send the 
offending pupil to the Superintendent with a statement of 
the facts of the case, who is empowered to suspend such 
pupil for a certain time, if, in his judgment, the offense 
complained of demands such punishment, but if, in the 
opinion of the Superintendent, the ofl:ending pupil should 
be expelled, he will exclude him from further attendance 
upon the schools and report the case without delay to the 
Board, who shall take such action thereon as the circum- 
stances seem to demand, and if such pupil be expelled he 
shall not be restored again during the school year in which 
the expulsion takes place, except by a two-thirds vote of 
the Board. 

21. Any pupil having been sent to the Superintendent 
by a teacher, as heretofore provided, who shall refuse or 
neglect to go without delay, shall be excluded from further 
attendance upon the schools, at the discretion of the Super- 
intendent. 

22. Any pupil who shall strike his or her teacher under 
any circumstances whatever, in anger, or shall otherwise 
resist the enforcement of the school rules and regulations, 
shall be summarily suspended or expelled by the Superin- 
tendent. 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 21 

23. The pupils of the public schools are forbidden to 
make presents to the teachers of the same, and the teachers 
are forbidden to accept such presents. 

24. Pupils shall not be permitted to assemble about the 
school premises in the morning before the ringing of the 
first bell ; nor to remain after the dismissal of school. 

25. Absence from examination for any cause, except 
sickness, shall be considered sufficient reason for placing 
such absent pupil in the next lower class, or excluding him 
or her from school. 

26. The pupils of the High School shall be examined 
twice during the scholastic year, at such times as the Super- 
intendent may direct, provided that the final examination 
of senior class shall be completed at least two weeks before 
the close of the year. 

27. For graduation a pupil shall be required to make on 
his daily work an average of 80 per cent on the work of the 
Senior year, with not less than 60 per cent on any subject; 
and an average in the examination of 75 per cent on all sub- 
jects, with not less than 50 per cent on any one; provided, 
that in case the pupil s!lall fail to make the required average 
on the written examination and shall have a margin above 
the required average on his daily work, said margin may 
be applied in due proportion to his examination average; 
and if this margin so apportioned shall bring his examina- 
tion average up to the required standard, then he may be 
graduated. Provided, also, that in case he shall fail to make 
the required average on daily work, and shall have a margin 
on his examination, said margin may be applied to his daily 
average as in the case of the written work. 

28. Parents or guardians shall be responsible for dam- 
ages done to the public school buildings, or furniture, or to 
the grounds, fences or other appurtenances thereof, by their 
children or wards, which damage shall be assessed by the 
Superintendent, and paid before their children or wards 
shall thereafter be entitled to the privileges of the school. 

29. Pupils must not throw papers, the remnant of 
lunch, or other rubbish on the school premises, or in the 
vicinity, but place same in barrels or other receptacles pro- 
vided. They should take pride in keeping the buildings and 
grounds in a cleanly and attractive condition. 



22 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 



JANITORS. 

1 There shall be elected by the Board, annually, on or 
before the first Tuesday in September, such janitors as may 
be necessary for school buildings, who shall hold office at the 
pleasure of the Board and shall receive such compensation 
as may be provided, and who shall be under the direction 
and control of the Superintendent. 

2 It shall be his duty at all times to keep the building 
and grounds in good order, and in a cleanly condition ; see 
that the children do not throw paper or other trash about 
the premises, but provide boxes or other receptacles to re- 
ceive same, and burn the refuse daily. 

3 All rooms in use shall be swept daily, after school, 
and dusted with dusters or cloth in the morning. Floors 
of rooms, halls, platforms and stairs shall be thoroughly 
scrubbed as often as once per month. 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 23 

COURSE OF STUDY 



PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. 

The objects to be attained in this department are as fol- 
lows: 

The ability to read ordinary prose and simple poetry 
readily, correctly and intelligently. The ability to spell cor- 
rectly such words as belong to the child's vocabulary. The 
ability to write in a good, clear hand whatever the child 
understands. The ability to read, write, add, subtract, 
multiply and divide simple numbers with readiness and 
certainty. The habit of observing attentively the phenome- 
na of nature. 

LOW FIRST GRADE. 

Reading — Words and sentences from blackboards and 
chart. Use Universal and Wheeler's primers. Read at 
least twice a day, paying particular attention to tones of 
voice, articulation, pronunciation and enunciation. 

Spelling — Copy sentences and spell all new v/ords from 
reading lessons. In latter part of term dictate written ex- 
ercises and have frequent oral spelling. 

Language — Appropriate stories read or told by the teach- 
er, and their oral reproduction by the children. Words of 
the reading lesson used in original sentences. Copying 
words and sentences from the reading lessons. Use of pe- 
riods and question marks. Use of capital letters. 

Nature Study — Lessons on the sun and the sunshine, the 
weather and the seasons. Teach the primary colors, and 
the forms of water. 

Physiology — Parts of body — head, trunk and limbs ; flesh 
and skin. Uses of food. What we should eat and drink. 

Writing — Correct position of body, arms, hands and feet. 
Use pencil. Exercise from copy made by teacher. 

Drawing — Exercises given by the teacher. 

Numbers — Counting and writing numbers to 100. Teach 
the four fundamental principles, using no combination 
greater than ten. Begin the use of the simplest common 
fractions, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, etc. Be careful to have pupils un- 
derstand the proper m.eaning of the signs plus, minus, etc. 



24 COURSE OF STUDY 

Memory Work — This should be carried on in connection 
with the language work. Suitable short poems and stories 
selected by the teacher. 

HIGH FIRST GRADE. 

Reading — First Reader, Graded ' Classics. For supple- 
mental work use Reynard the Fox, Around the World. 
Continued attention to articulation, voice, pronunciation, 
enunciation, etc., as in Low First Grade. 

Spelling — Dictation exercises. Oral and written spell- 
ing. 

Language — The sentences, statement and question. 
Read or tell appropriate stories, and have children repro- 
duce them. Use words of the reading lesson in original 
sentences. Copying sentences, supplying one or more omit- 
ted words. Capitals, simple punctuation, a few abbrevia- 
tions. Descriptions of animals and plants in connection 
with the work in nature study. The language work in this 
and the following grade should have for its aim: First, 
thorough expression; second, correct form. 

Memory Work — Suitable short poems and stories selected 
by the teacher. 

Nature Study — Lessons on fruits and flowers. Lessons 
on the domestic animals. The seasons. Review primary 
colors. 

Physiology — Continue the work of Low First Grade. 
Geography — Distance and direction. Forms of land and 
water. 

///,s'/o/'i/— Thanksgiving Day, February 22, March 2, 
April 21, July 4, etc. 

Writing and Dratving — Continue the work of the Low 
First Grade. 

Numbers — Continue counting and writing numbers to 
100; continue attention to the four fundamental principles, 
using no combination greater than 20. Coins in common 
use from 1 cent to $1.00. The inch, foot, yard, etc. 

LOW SECOND GRADE. 

Reading— Graded Classics. Second Reader. See that 
pupils understand the meaning of the words and combina- 
tions of words. Strive to have pupils read naturally, just 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 25 

as they would talk. Give attention to tone of voice, articu- 
lation, enunciation, accentuation, etc. Read at least twice 
a day. Use Lee's Second Reader for supplementary work. 
Spelling — Words from all lessons taught. Practice dia- 
critical marking. Teach all new v/ords by syllables. Drill 
in oral and written spelling. Keep list of words commonly 
misspelled and use them in weekly and monthly reviews. 

Language — Oral and written reproduction of stories and 
fables. (Secure good, clear images by the use of pictures 
and drav/ings.) Words of the reading lessons used in 
original sentences. Copying memory poems. Use of 
period and question mark. The comma, with yes, no, in 
address. Use of capital letters in proper names, in names 
of cities, schools, days of the weeks, special days, month. 
Simple abbreviations. See under High First Language. 

Memory Work — Seven Times One — Jean Ingelow. Sweet 
and Low — Tennyson. The memory work in the readers 
for the term. 

Nature Study — Roots, cereals and leaves used for food. 
The standard colors. Fruits and their uses. How plants 
and wild animals pass the winter. Such nature work as 
may be found in good school magazines. 

Physiology — Talks about parts of the body, continued; 
the blood, heart, arteries and veins. Circulation, its effect 
on the blood. Simple laws of ventilation, with the use and 
need of fresh air. Effects of tobacco. 

Geography — Review the work of preceding grade. Teach 
orally local geography, the location and direction of prin- 
cipal streets and prominent buildings, etc. 

History — Continue history stories, as in former grades. 

Writing and Drawing — Follow directions as in preceding 
grade. Copy book No. 2. 

Numbers — ^Reading and writing numbers to 1000. Treat- 
ment of numbers to 40 ; reviewing work of previous grade. 
Sutton and Kimbrough's lower book (in hands of teacher 
only) as basis of work, to about page 33. 

HIGH SECOND GRADE. ' 

Reading — Second Reader. Cultivate an easy and natural 
manner. Observe marks of punctuation and use of capital 
letters. Drill in phonics and diacritical marking. For sup- 



26 COURSE OF STUDY 

plementary work use Payne's Geographical Reader, and 
Fifty Famous Stories. 

Spelling — Use words from reader and other sources. As 
far as possible teach the use of words spelled. Each word 
should be the sign of an idea. Have oral and written exer- 
cises. 

Language — Oral and written reproduction of stories. 
Copy memory poems. Teach the use of period; question 
mark ; simple contractions and abbreviations ; the use of the 
hyphen. Have conversational exercises. All written work 
should have uniform heading. Long's Language Exercises, 
or some other similar work, should be in the hands of the 
teacher only, for her guidance. 

Memory Work — The Night Wind ; If I Were a Sunbeam ; 
No Time Like the Present; September; Thanksgiving and 
Christmas stories. 

Nature Study — Continue lessons on animals and plants, 
insects and reptiles. Development of buds, and unfolding 
of leaves. Flowers — kinds, and their parts. Birds — their 
flight, their return, habits, etc. 

Physiology — Talks about the human body continued; the 
arm, the leg, the hand, the foot. Continue talks on hygiene 
and the effects of tobacco and drugs. 

History — Talks about the lives of great Americans. Read 
to the class such books as Great Americans for Little 
Americans. 

Geography — Review work of Low Second Grade. Teach 
pupils to observe the clouds and winds, and their directions. 
Discuss causes, effects and uses of clouds and v/inds. 
Teach temperature and how it may be indicated by the use 
of the thermometer. The uses of water, and its effects 
in brooks and rivers. 

Literature — Teacher will read to class: Miss Cook's Na- 
ture Myths; Fable and Folklore; Selections from Uncle 
Remus ; The Captured Santa Claus ; Bible Stories. 

Writing — Copybook No. 2. Careful attention to holding 
of pencil, the position of arm, body to desk, etc. Drawing 
as directed. 

Numbers — Continue work of Low Second Grade until it 
shall include combinations up to 100. Continue and ex- 
tend drill on the four fundamental principles of arithmetic, 
using Sutton and Kimbrough's lower book as a guide. Ex- 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 27 

tend enumeration and notation to take in numbers of four 
figures. Introduce ''compound" subtraction, giving careful 
explanation in concrete form. Introduce common things 
of everyday life, such as pints in a quart, in a gallon, etc. ; 
feet in a yard, nickles in a half dollar, etc. ; days in a week, 
weeks in a month, months in a year. Introduce some com- 
mon figures used in mensuration, such as the angle — right, 
acute and obtuse. Lines — rperpendicular, horizontal and 
oblique. Figures — square, rectangle and triangle. Assign 
very little written home work. 

LOW THIRD GRADE. 

Reading — Graded Classics. Third Reader. Supplement- 
ary reading as directed. Careful attention to all the ele- 
ments of good reading. See that the pupils get the thought 
from the printed page. 

Spelling — Oral and written spelling. Drill on words of- 
ten misspelled. Modern Speller, Part 1, lessons 1 to 56. 
Require the meaning of all new words found in reading 
lessons, and have pupils continue marking words diacriti- 
cally, using accent mark, silent letter mark, macron, breve, 
etc. 

Language — Hyde's First Book, from page 1 to page 38. 
Continue the work as in previous grade. Teach the form 
smd use of the paragraph. Teach something about letter- 
writing, such as the heading and closing of letters, address 
on the envelope. Teach more about abbreviations, etc. Let 
all work have uniform heading. 

Memory Work — Don't Give Up; The Land of Counter- 
pane; Pretty Is That Pretty Does; Wynken, Blynken and 
Nod; Christmas and Thanksgiving poems. 

Physiology — Continue talks on human body, bones of the 
body ; head, trunk, arms, legs, hands, feet. Correct walking, 
sitting, standing. Change of food and clothing with the 
change of seasons. Talk about some of the fundamental 
laws of health. 

Literature — Teacher will read: Little Lord Fauntleroy, 
Rip Van Winkle, Two Little Confederates, etc. 

Geography — Teach class the names of land and water, as 
hill, mountain, plain, spring, brook, river, pond, lake, is- 
land, ocean, sea, etc. Maury's Elementary Geography (in 



28 COURSE OF STUDY 

hands of teacher only, read to lesson 22). Do all you can 
v/ithout the book in the way of local and concrete work. 
Make special study of your city at close of term. 

History — Little John's Texas History Stories. 

Writing — Model Copy Book No. 3. Teacher should |nsist 
on regularity of slant, right curve, left curve, loop, height 
of d, t, p, and the loop letters, b, g, h, j, k, 1, y, z. Drawing 
as directed. 

Numbers — Sutton and Kimbrough's Lower Book, to page 
81. Give frequent oral drills. Pupils are benefited only by 
such work as they master. Base all work on this princi- 
ple. Direct your pupils, but have them do their work un- 
der your direction. Assign very little written home work. 

Teach Roman notation to at least 100. Lay special stress 
on the readiness with which the child uses the four fun- 
damental rules of arithmetic. Teach them to add readily 
and accurately columns of figures, bv thinking in tens, that 
is, if 6, 4, 3, 7, 8, 2, 5, 3, 2, 9, 1 are to be added , don't let 
them add thus ; six and four are ten, and three are thirteen, 
and seven are twenty, etc., but rather thus: ten, twenty, 
thirty, forty, fifty. Seeing the ten in the 6 and 4, then the 
ten in the 3 and 7, and the ten in the 8 and 2. Drill on this 
until they can add a column as fast as they ordinarily 
talk; then take other combinations, as the 12 and 12, etc. 
Never allow children to write the '"carried" figure at the 
top or bottom of the next column of figures when adding, 
but add the carried figure at the beginning. 

HIGH THIRD GRADE. 

Reading — Baldwin's Third Reader. Supplementary 
work as directed. See directions for Lower Third. 

Arithmetic — Sutton and Kimbrough's First Book, from 
page 81 to page 120. Supplement with numerous original 
examples. Give much careful attention to oral work, teach- 
ing rapid and accurate mental work. Let the teacher keep 
this fact constantly in mind, that on the instruction which 
he gets in this and the next three grades the success or fail- 
ure of the pupil's work in arithmetic very largely depends. 
If he learn to think properly in arithmetic by the time he 
reaches the Sixth Grade he is safe, even though he is 
slightly deficient in mechanical processes. On the other 
hand, if the child is taught processes, and is able to ''solve" 
every example in his text, and is not able to reason care- 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 29 

fully on ordinary arithmetical principles, he is a failure; 
and the teachers carrying him through these grades must 
share the blame of such failure. 

Spelling — Modern Speller, Part 1, from lesson 56 to les- 
son 110. Give attention to accent and syllabication. See 
directions for Low Third Grade. 

Geography — Maury's Elementary Geography, from les- 
son 22 to lesson 44. Have regular map drawing. 

Language — From page 38 to page 67 of Hyde's First 
Book. Make each recitation an occasion for oral or writ- 
ten composition. Correct errors in spelling, capitals and 
punctuation. Encourage neatness. 

Memory Work — The Wonderful World; Sweet Violets; 
My Fairest Child ; Thanksgiving and Christmas poems. 

Physiology — Continue talks about human body — The eye, 
ear, nose, throat, mouth, teeth. Teach the important laws 
of hygiene regarding these organs. 

History — Fifty Famous Stories. 

Writing — Complete Modern Book No. 3. 

Drawing — As directed. 

Literature — Teacher will read to the class: King of the 
Golden River, Ruskin; Little Men, Alcott. 



30 COURSE OF STUDY 

GRAMMAR SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 



The objects to be attained in this department are as fol- 
lows : The ability to gather rapidly and correctly the mean- 
ing of the printed page. A love for the- best literature. The 
ability to express easily in good English whatever the child 
desires to say. The ability to reason accurately and solve 
properly any arithmetical problem involving ordinary pro- 
cesses. A fair knowledge of the history of the State and 
Nation. The rudiments of the common sciences. Above 
all, a high and lasting sense of honor. 

ARITHMETIC. 

Low Fourth — Use Sutton and Kimbrough's Higher Arith- 
metic. Review fundamental operations and take properties 
of numbers to page 53. 

High Fourth — Review properties of numbers and take 
common fractions to page 84. 

Low Fifth — Review common fractions; take decimal 
fractions and compound numbers to page 129. 

High Fifth — Review common and decimal fractions, 
then take percentage to page 171. 

Low Sixth — Review fractions and percentage; then take 
simple interest to page 192. Teach both the fractional and 
the 6 per cent method of computing interest. 

High Sixth — Review interest ; take simple problems in 
compound interest, annual interest, bank and true dis- 
counts; then take the metric system. 

Note : — In all work in arithmetic, give much attention to 
both oral and written analysis. Use Hopkins and Under- 
wood's Mental Arithmetic as basis for mental exercise in 
all grammar grades. The pupil's success in arithmetical 
v/orkdoes not depend so much upon the number of prob- 
lems he works as upon the thought he puts into the ones 
he does work. 

READING. 

Teach pupils to get the thoug?it from printed page 
first, then to express this thought in an easy, natural 
manner. See that pupils learn the meaning of all new 
words. Emphasize accuracy of pronunciation and articu- 
lation. Aim to lead the pupil to a love for and an appre- 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 31 

elation of good literature. Use freely the supplementary 
reading books contained in the school library. Keep con- 
stantly in mind the fact that reading forms the basis for all 
knowledge getting. 

Synopsis of Reading Course. 

Low Fourth — Stickney's Fourth Reader, supplemented 
with Carpenter's North America and the Carroll Geo- 
graphical Reader No. 3. Aim to read about half of these 
books in Low Fourth. 

High Fourth — Finish books begun in Low^ Fourth, and 
take Coleman's Beginner's Physiology. 

Low Fifth — Use Stickney's Fifth Reader, supplemented 
with selections from ''With the Makers of Texas." 

High Fifth — Complete Fifth Reader. Continue use of 
"With the Makers of Texas." 

Sixth Grade — Study Conn's Physiology, and use for read- 
ing Carpenter's Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, supple- 
menting the work in Geography. 

SPELLING. 
Spelling in the Grammar grades should consist not only 
in the words set down in the speller, but also words en- 
countered in his school reading, and in his vocabulary. 

Enough attention should be paid to diacritical marks to 
enable pupil to learn from the dictionary the correct pro- 
nunciation of a word, and to help him to understand new 
words. 

Teachers should teach children how to use a dictionary. 

Require pupils, v/hen a word is given them to spell oral- 
ly, to pronounce the word distinctly before he attempts to 
spell, then spell it and pronounce the word after spelling it. 

Low Fourth — Modern Speller, Part I, from lesson 111 
to lesson 179. 

High Fourth — Modern Speller, begin with lesson 180 and 
finish Part I. 

Low Fifth — Modern Speller, Part H, from lesson 1 to les- 
son 72. 

High Fifth — Modern Speller, Part II, from lesson 72 to 
lesson 117. 

Low Sixth — Modern Speller, Part II, from lesson 117 
to lesson 159. 



32 COURSE OF STUDY 

High Sixth — Modern Speller, from lesson 159 to end 
of book. 

GEOGRAPHY. 

The object in teaching geography is to give the pupil a 
definite idea of the shape and size of the earth, the shape 
and size of the continents and countries upon the earth; 
the location and importance of principal cities of the world, 
and the part that the countries are taking in the progress 
of mankind. More especially is the child interested in that 
portion of the world in which he lives, his Nation and his 
State. He must know the position" which his State occu- 
pies in the commercial affairs of this Nation, and the 
part that his Nation is playing in the affairs of the world. 
For the pupil to attain this knowledge he should study care- 
fully the foundation facts set down in the text books here 
in school, so that he may be able to gain a fuller knowledge 
in the broader field outside of school. 

Teachers should keep in mind the fact that a knowledge 
of geography is absolutely essential to a number of related 
subjects in the school course, and upon the accurateness 
of the pupil's knowledge, of descriptive geography especial- 
ly, will depend his success or failure in these allied sub- 
jects. 

Lov/ Fourth Grade — Maury's Elementary Geography, 
from lesson 44 to lesson 60. 

High Fourth Grade — From lesson 60 to end of book, and 
review the United States and Texas. 

Low Fifth Grade — Maury's Manual of Geography. First 
twenty-six lessons. Pay especial attention to the physical 
geography carried along in the text. 

High Fifth Grade— Begin with Middle Atlantic States, 
lesson XXVI, and study to South America, page 76. 

Low Sixth Grade — From page 76 to Asia, page 104. 

High Sixth Grade — From Asia to end of book. Give 
special review of Texas and the United States. 

In order to secure accurate knowledge of location of 
towns, rivers, bays, mountains, etc., frequent map draw- 
ing is necessary. Use the suggestions on this subject in 
the back part of the book. Have maps drawn from mem- 
ory upon the blackboard, and have the class note errors 
and omissions. Test pupil's knowledge of relative distance 
and direction of one important city to another. 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 33 

LANGUAGE. 

The first great object in teaching language in the Gram- 
mar grades is to enable the pupil to express his thoughts 
in good, clear, forcible English. Not only should he be 
taught to do this orally, but it should be as easy for him 
to express these thoughts in writing. 

It is the further purpose in these grades to develop a love 
for the best literature, and to lead him to commune with 
the great and good minds of past ages, through the writings 
left by them. To be able to have these great minds as 
our companions we mxust learn early in life the mechanical 
principles which underlie all truly great utterances of men. 
To know a thing well is a very easy step to using that 
thing. Teachers should make constant use of the written 
exercises to secure accurate and easy expression on the part 
of the pupil. Read short stories to the children, or better, 
if you can do so, tell them the story, and have them repro- 
duce it in good English. 

Low Fourth Grade — Hyde's Lessons in English, from 
page 67 to page 112. 

Read to pupils such stories as The Hoosier School Boy, 
Man Without a Country. Pupils will memorize such poems 
as The Village Blacksmith, The Reaper, and The Flowers. 

High Fourth Grade — Hyde's Lessons in English, from 
page 112 to end of book. Continue dictation work. Read 
to pupils. Captured Santa Claus, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cab- 
bage Patch. Have pupils memorize: Daybreak, The Day 
Is Done, The Star-Spangled Banner, A Life Lesson, etc. 

Low Fifth Grade — Hyde's Practical Grammar, to lesson 
XLI. Continue composition work. Pay attention to style 
and neatness of papers handed in by pupils. Teachers will 
read to pupils such stories as Old Fashioned Girl, Marse 
Chan. Pupils memorize : Love of Country, Lead Thou Me 
On, etc. 

High Fifth Grade — Hyde's Practical Grammar, from les- 
son XLI to lesson LXX. Do some work in letter-writing. 
Reproduce stories and poems. Continue dictation work. 
Read to class: Lamb's Tales, Ruskin's King of the Gold- 
en River. Pupils will memorize : The Corn Song, The First 
Snow Fall, The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, The Village 
Blacksmith. 

Low Sixth Grade — Hyde's Practical Grammar, review- 



34 COURSE OF STUDY 

ing from lesson XLI to LXX, and study to lesson XCV, Part 
Fourth. Pay special attention to lessons LXXIII to 
LXXXVI, inclusive. Insist upon accurate forms of let- 
ters, notes, bills, etc. Accept no untidy work. Continue 
composition work. Supplement the work by reading speci- 
mens of good letters of different sorts, by the best letter 
writers. Have children take these letters as models, and 
write similar letters. Pupils will memorize: The Con- 
quered Banner, Ryan; Psalm 121, Bible; The American 
Flag, Drake ; The Bivouac of the Dead, O'Hara. 

High Sixth Grade — Hyde's Practical Grammar, from 
lesson XCV to end of book. Review briefly lessons on Con- 
struction, lessons LXXXVI to XCII, and give close atten- 
tion to the structure of the sentence. Teach first by an- 
alysis, and then by diagram. Continue reproductions of 
short stories, such as Wayside Inn Stories. Require pupils 
to read a given story before coming to class, and then let 
them reproduce as much as they can in a given time. Watch 
for common errors of speech. Teacher will read to class: 
Snow-Bound, Vision of Sir Launfal, The Deserted Village. 
Pupils will memorize parts of The Deserted Village, The 
Chambered Nautilus; Break, Break, Break, etc. 

LITERATURE. 

Low Fourth Grade — Hawthorne's Wonder Book, Bla^^k 
Beauty. ( Parallel reading.) 

High Fourth Grade — Hawthorne's Biographical Stories, 
Beautiful Joe. (Parallel reading.) 

Low Fifth Grade — Whittier's Child Life in poetry. Bob- 
tailed Dixie. (Parallel reading.) 

High Fifth Grade — Ruskin's King of the Golden River, 
Little Nell. (Parallel reading.) 

Low Sixth Grade — Tales From a Wayside Inn; A M?s- 
sage to Garcia; Paul Dombey. (Parallel reading.) 

High Sixth Grade — Evangeline; A Man Without a Coun- 
try. (Parallel reading.) 

Note: — Teacher may assign other parallel reading with 
the approval of the Superintendent, when she deems it 
advisable. 

WRITING. 
Use adopted Copy Books. 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 35 

In the writing of the Grammar School the first object 
should be to secure legibility, and then to attain a reason- 
able speed to do ordinary work. Remember that habits 
of neatness formed here are of lasting benefit. 

Let the teacher's motto be: "Not how much, but how 
well.'* 

DRAWING. 

As directed. 

HISTORY. 

Low' Fourth Grade — American History Stories in con- 
nection with geography work. 

fligh Fourth Grade — Estill's Beginner's History of Our 
Country. 

Low Fifth Grade — Texas History Stories. 
High Fifth Grade — Texas History to the Era of the 
Republic. 

Low Sixth Grade — Finish and review Texas History. 
High Sixth Grade — United States History to the forma- 
tion of the Union, 1789. 



36 COURSE OF STUDY 

HIGH SCHOOL 



The course in the High School shall consist of four years* 
work, embracing the following departments: Mathemat- 
ics, English, History, Latin and German. 

All High School pupils are required to take the follow- 
ing courses : Mathematics, English and History, and in ad- 
dition to these he must select either German or Latin. 

Pupils who complete the three required courses and one 
of the elective courses shall be awarded a diploma. 

MATHEMATICS. 

FIRST YEAR. 

First Term — Elementary Algebra to fractions. 
Second Term — Elementary Algebra to Quadratics. 

SECOND YEAR. 

First Term — Algebra, same text, completed. 
Second Term — Plane Geometry; Phillips and Fisher. 
(Wentworth & Hill.) 

THIRD YEAR. 

First Term — Plane Geometry; same text. 
Second Term — Plane Geometry, completed, with review 
of ratio and proportion in Algebra and Arithmetic. 

FOURTH YEAR. 

First Term — Solid Geometry, same text, completed. 

Second Term — General review of Arithmetic with special 
attention given to useful short methods. 

Note: — Teach the application of Ratio, Proportion, In- 
volution and Evolution to the solution of Arithmetic prob- 
lems in connection with these subjects in Algebra and Geom- 
etry. 

The mastery of Mathematics depends upon the individual 
effort the pupil puts forth. Lead the pupil to do his own 
thinking independently. 

ENGLISH. 

FIRST YEAR. 

First Term — English Grammar and Composition. Enoch 
Arden, Twice Told Talcs, Part I, Irving*s Sketch Book. 



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Second Term — English Grammar and Composition. Sir 
Roger De Coverly Papers, As You Like It. 

SECOND YEAR. 

First Term — English Grammar, Composition and Rhet- 
oric, Goldsmith's Deserted Village, Irving's Life of Gold- 
smith. 

Second Term — English Grammar, Composition and Rhet- 
oric, The Ancient Mariner, Sella and Thanatopsis, Emer- 
son's Essay on Behavior. 

THIRD YEAR. 

First Term — American Literature, Composition and 
Rhetoric, Vision of Sir Launfal, Merchant of Venice. 

Second Term — American Literature, Composition and 
Rhetoric, Emerson's Essay on Culture, Lowell's Fable for 
Critics, Southern Poets. 

FOURTH YEAR. 

First and Second Terms — English Literature, Composi- 
tion and Rhetoric, College Entrance Requirements. 

In the study of English, the aim is to lead pupils to know 
and appreciate good literature, and to teach them to ex- 
press their thoughts correctly and readily, both orally and 
in writing. 

In the study of formal English, stress is laid upon writ- 
ten work. The pupils are required to prepare one theme 
each week throughout the High School work. 

Pupils use text-books on literature from the library in 
the study of literature throughout the course. 

A general review of the History of American Literature 
is given in the third year of the High School, and of Eng- 
lish in the fourth year. 

The teacher of English, with the approval of the super- 
intendent, may require pupils to study additional selections 
from literature not included in the regular course. The pu- 
pils are required to read, under the direction of the teach- 
er, at least two good books each year as parallel reading. 

HISTORY. 

FIRST YEAR. 
First Term — ^United States History, beginning with the 
formation of the Union, complete History of Our Country. 



38 COURSE OF STUDY 

Second Term — Ancient History, first half. 

SECOND YEAR. 

First Term — Ancient History, completed. 
Second Term — Mediaeval History. 

THIRD YEAR. ' 

First Term — Modern History; stress French Revolution. 
Second Term — English History; stress the period of 
American Colonization. 

FOURTH YEAR. 

First Term — United States History; stress. The Consti- 
tutional Period. 

Second Term — Civics ; stress the Formation of the Union 
and Its Development. 

Teacher will use Ivanhoe outline maps in connection with 
the history work. See that pupils have correct geographi- 
cal setting for all historical facts, 

LATIN. 

FIRST YEAR. 

Collar and Daniel's First Year Latin completed. Re- 
quire written work as frequently as possible. Care 
should be taken to have perfect memorizing of forms, 
and a mastery of the common principles of syntax. Insist 
on the Roman pronunciation, and the rules of quantity and 
accent as laid down in first part of text. A practical work- 
ing vocabulary should be acquired as soon as possible. 

English into Latin as indicated in text books. 

SECOND YEAR. 

Viri Romae, for first three months, or enough to make 
about 90 pages; then Kelsey's Caesar, three books. Use 
Bennett's or Allen & G. Latin Grammar. 

Use D'Ooge's Composition, based on Caesar, at least 
once a week. 

THIRD YEAR. 

Read Cicero's Manilian Law, and four other orations. 
D'Ooge's Composition, based on Cicero, once a week. 



HOUSTON HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 39 

FOURTH YEAR. 

Read^ four books of Virgil's Aeneid, with scansion. 
Ritchie's Prose Composition, once a week. 

GERMAN. 

FIRST YEAR. 

First Term — Spanhoofd's Lehrbuch der Deutschen 
Sprache. Klemm's First Circle. Marchen und Erzahlun- 
gen I. 

Second Term — Spanhoofd's Lehrbuch der Deutschen 
Sprache. Stern's Geschichten Vom Rhein. 

SECOND YEAR. 

First Term — Spanhoofd's Lehrbuch der Deutschen 
Sprache. Stern's Geschichten Vom Rhein. 

Second Term — Spanhoofd's Lehrbuch der Deutschen 
Sprache. Dillard's Aus dem Deutschen Dichterwald. 

THIRD YEAR. 

First Term — -Wesselhoeft's German Composition. Dil- 
lard's Aus dem Deutschen Dichter^vald. Riehl's Der Stum- 
me Ratsherr. 

Second Term — Harris' German Composition. Riehl's 
Das Spielmannskind. 

FOURTH YEAR. 

First Term — Harris' German Composition. Schiller's 
Jungfrau von Orleans. 

Second Term — Harris' German Composition. Corwin's 
German Exercises. Schiller's Wilhelm Tell. 



40 



COURSE OF STUDY 



HIGH SCHOOL COURSE. 

Summary of subjects taught, with number of recitations 
per week : 

FIRST YEAR. 



Required. 
English (4) 
Literature (2) 
History (5) 
Mathematics (5) 
Physical Geography (Second 

Term), (2) 

SECOND YEAR. 



One to be selected, 
Latin (5) 
German (5) 



English (4) 
Literature (2) 
History (5) 
Mathematics (5) 
Physical Geography (First 
Term) (2) 



Latin (5) 
German (5) 



THIRD YEAR. 



English (4) 
Literature (2) 
History (5) 
Mathematics (5) 

English (4) 
Literature 2) 
History (5) 
Mathematics (5) 



Latin (5) 
German (5) 



FOURTH YEAR. 

Latin (5) 
German (5) 



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PROMOTIONS 



Pupils will be marked each month on a scale of 5. Five 
means perfect; four means good; three, fair; two, poor; 
one, very poor. Plus and minus signs may be used after 
these grades to convey more accurately the standing of the 
pupil, if the teacher deems it really necessary. 

The four monthly averages combined with the examina- 
tion average, received at the end of the four months' term, 
shall determine the pupiFs standing at the end of each 
term; and the two term averages combined shall determine 
his yearly standing. No pupil in the Primary or Gram- 
mar School shall be promoted who has not made a term 
average of 3.5, and who is below 3 in any one subject. 

No pupil in the High School shall be promoted from 
one grade to a higher grade who has not attained a term 
average of 3.5, and has fallen below 3 in more than two 
subjects. If a pupil who is below 3 in one or two sub- 
jects and has 3.5 or more for a term average, he may be pro- 
moted conditionally, and shall be so marked on his re- 
ports, and upon the teacher's report to the Superintend- 
ent, specifying the subjects upon which he failed, and the 
grade he made. 

It is further ordered that should any pupil who is below 
3 in any subject, enter the next grade, he must make up the 
deficiency during the first two months of the new term. He 
may, if he can show satisfactory evidence to the teacher 
that he has been studying since his failure, ask for an ex- 
amination to remove his conditions, and if he makes 3 plus 
on a fair examination, he will then be promoted without 
condition. 



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NAMES OF TEACHERS AND BUILDINGS 



High School 

CLARA LOUISE BROWN VERA HARRIS 

JULIA ELIZABETH PRITCHETT KATE GREGG McCRORY 

JESSIE IRENE STONE CHARLOTTE W. BROWN 

CORA C. BREEDLOVE WILLIE G. WEAVER 



Cooley School 

CALLIE HILL RUBY A. WEBB 

NANNIE MAHAN FLORENCE^EEN ^ 

LOTA HARRIS /Qzi^l-t^ /fLtyty^-^^^ 

Harvard Street School 

MAE BRYSON RUTH V. BROWNE 

EFFIE BOWERS M. W. FINNEY 

MRS. NELLIE M. McWHORTER 



GRADUATES OF THE HOUSTON HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL 



1905 

Lottie Margaret Burlingame 

1906 

Neva Florence Robinson 
Ralph Clarkson Cooley 
Floyd Shelby Sisk 
Mattie Jackson 
Philip Patella 

1907 

Annie Lourine Price 
Sophia Johanna Borgstrom 
Helen Douglas Milroy 
Georgie Sadie Peck 
Clifton A. Wilson 
Yandell Coombs 



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